In case you were unaware, Mia Khalifa is a sports commentator and pundit, social media personality, webcam model, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer. She is also a former paralegal and bookkeeper.
However, most people know Khalifa for her three-month stint in the porn industry, where she gained notoriety for performing a scene while wearing a hijab.
Now, the 27-year-old has taken to social media to share a video with her fans describing the impact that working in the adult entertainment industry has had on her life.
The video can be seen below:In the video, Khalifa can be seen in various areas of her home, staring with a blank expression on her fans and dance music plays and bright colorful lights flash around her.
The overlaying text reads: "That hourly dissociative attack from remembering hundreds of millions of people’s only impression of you is solely based on the lowest, most toxic, most uncharacteristic 3 months of your life when you were 21."
Fans then flooded to the comments section to provide an outpouring of support for Khalifa.
One person commented: "You seem like such a strong confident woman but it’s okay to be vulnerable sometimes. you have grown so much!"
And another TikTok user typed: "You’re very funny and charismatic. Don’t let the past define you, you’re so much better than that."
This is not the first time Mia has spoken out about her time in the industry.
During an interview with BBC HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur, Khalifa revealed that she had no choice but to do the controversial scene, even though she was opposed to it.
Watch Mia Khalifa discuss her former porn career:"I verbatim told them, 'You guys are going to get me killed'", Khalifa told Sackur, who proceeded to ask why she didn't just say no. "Intimidation," she replied. "I was scared. I knew that if i said no, it would... you know, they're not going to force you to do it, at that point that's rape. No one is going to force you to have sex. But I was still scared..."
"I mean, I have you ever felt scared to... not scared, but nervous to speak up and say something at a restaurant when your food's not right, and the waiter comes by and says, 'How is everything?' I was intimidated, I was nervous," she continued.
After the scene started making the rounds on the internet, Khalifa was threatened by numerous religious groups online, including ISIS. The militant group threatened to behead her, and also sent her mocked-up photographs of her own execution.
This, understandably, was one of the reasons why she decided to leave the adult industry, as she explains:
"They photoshopped a picture of me being beheaded and threatened that that would happen to me. It does worry me, but I try not to show it, because you can't show weakness.
"That's exactly what they're looking for. I really try and just make it look like it rolls off, but I'll admit, it gets to you after a while."
During the revealing interview, Sackur asked about whether or not Mia's family had any idea about her career choice, to which Khalifa replied: "No."
She continued: "And they disowned me when they found out.
"I felt completely alienated by not just the world, but my family and the people around me.
"Especially after I quit, when I was still alone, even though I left. And I just realized some mistakes aren't forgivable.
"But time heals all wounds, and things are getting better now."